Attachment for valves.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

H.BATE S.

ATTACHMENT FOR VALVES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1906-,

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THE NORRIS PETERS 00., WASHINGTON, n c

HENRY BATES, OF HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR VALVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed September 6. 1906. Serial No. 333,446.

To all whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, HENRY BATES, a sub ject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Valves, of which the following is a specification,reference the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to attachments for gasburners; and its object isto provide simple and effective means for turning a key of a gas-burnerfrom a point distant from the burneras, for example, to permit thegasburner key to be turned to raise or lower the light by the occupantof a bed without aris The construction of the improvement will be fullydescribed hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification, and its novel features will bedefined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of agas-burner-bracket arm with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aview in perspective of a bell-crank lever forming a part of the deviceand its supporting-band. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on theline 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the clipemployed detached from the burner-key.

The reference-numeral 1 designates the bracket-arm of a gas-burner,suitably secured to the wall 2 of'a room and provided with the usualturning-key 3. Upon the bracket 1 adjacent to the key is secured a splitand hinged ring or'band 4, theends of which are bent at right angles andsecured by a screw 5. To one side of the band 4 is pivotally secured abell-crank lever 6, the short arm of which is connected to one end of acoil-spring 7, the opposite end of said spring being attached to theband 4. Below the ivotal point 8 of the bell-crank lever the liand 4 isprovided with a lug 9, serving as a stop to limit the backward movementof the lever, and provided with an adjusting screw 9.

The reference-numeral 1O designates a U- shaped clip fitting upon thekey3 and removably secured thereto by a set-screw 11. Anarm 12 projectsfrom the upper end of one side of the clip 10, said arm being formedbeing had therein to with an elongated opening 13, through which thelong arm 14 of the bell-crank lever ex-.

tends.

To the upper end. of the short arm of the bell-crank lever6is securedone end of a pullcord 15, said cord being guided through staples 16 orsimilar guides, so that its free end 17 will be suspended within easyreach of the occupant of a bed or to any desired point within the roomwhere the gas-burner is located. A weighted handle 18 is secured to thefree endof the pull-cord, as shown.

The utility and operation of the devices constructed as thus describedwill be readily understood. By pulling the cord 15 the bell-crank leveris tilted upon its pivotal support, and through the connection of thelong arm 14 of said lever with the arm 12 of the clip 10 secured to thekey said key will be turned. The coil-spring 7 serves to retract thebell-crank lever when the pull-cord is re leased. It will be apparentthat thedevice provides a convenient means for turning the light in aroom up or down at a distance from the burner in the manner alreadyexplained.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a gas-burner bracket and its key, of means forturning said key comprising a bell-crank lever pivotally supported uponsaid bracket, a clip secured to the key and provided with a projectingarm with which one arm of the bellcrank lever engages,and a pull-cordconnected to the opposite arm of the lever.

2. The combination with a gas burner bracket, and its key, of means forturning said. key, comprising a split band secured to said bracket, abell-crank lever pivotally secured to said band, a clip removablysecured to the key, an arm projecting from said key and provided with anelongated opening through which one arm of the lever extends, apull-cord. connected to the lever, and a retracting-spring one end ofwhich is secured to one arm of the bell-crank lever, while its oppositeend is secured to said band.

3. The combination with a gasburnerbracket arm and its key, of means forturning said key, comprising a split ring or band embracing saidbracket-arm and provided with a stop-lug, a bell-crank lever pivotallysecured at one side of said band, a coil-spring other arm of the IOCconnecting the upper arm of the bell-crank and a depending weightedhandle attached lever and said band, a clip detachably seto the free endof the cord. 1c cured to said key, and provided with an arm In testimonywhereof I affix my signature having an elongated opening therein through11 the presenceof two Witnesses.

5 which the lower arm of the bell-crank lever I HENRY BATES.

extends, a pull-cord secured at one end to Witnesses: the upper arm ofthe bell-crank lever, means MAX H. SROLOVITZ,

for guiding said cord to any desired point, B O. MGCLEARY.

